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Integrating Computerized Linguistic and Social Network Analyses to Capture Addiction Recovery Capital in an Online Community
Published on: May 31, 2019
Content-driven analysis of an online community for smoking cessation: integration of qualitative techniques,
Sahiti Myneni1, Kayo Fujimoto, Nathan Cobb
1Sahiti Myneni and Trevor Cohen are with the School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Kayo Fujimoto is with the Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston. Nathan Cobb is with the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, and MeYou Health LLC, Boston, MA.
Objectives:
We identified content-specific patterns of network diffusion underlying smoking cessation in the context of online platforms, with the aim of generating targeted intervention strategies.
Methods:
QuitNet is an online social network for smoking cessation. We analyzed 16 492 de-identified peer-to-peer messages from 1423 members, posted between March 1 and April 30, 2007. Our mixed-methods approach comprised qualitative coding, automated text analysis, and affiliation network analysis to identify, visualize, and analyze content-specific communication patterns underlying smoking behavior.
Results:
Themes we identified in QuitNet messages included relapse, QuitNet-specific traditions, and cravings. QuitNet members who were exposed to other abstinent members by exchanging content related to interpersonal themes (e.g., social support, traditions, progress) tended to abstain. Themes found in other types of content did not show significant correlation with abstinence.
Conclusions:
Modeling health-related affiliation networks through content-driven methods can enable the identification of specific content related to higher abstinence rates, which facilitates targeted health promotion.
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